Full Text of SR0645 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Herbert Wood of Port Byron; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Herbert Wood was born in Tipperary, Iowa on August | 5 | | 8, 1922; he lost his mother when he was less than a year old and | 6 | | was cared for by his grandparents until becoming the son of | 7 | | Vaniellia and Fagan Wood and moving to Bend, Oregon; he | 8 | | graduated from Bend High School; when World War II broke out, | 9 | | he enlisted in the United States Navy and became a fighter | 10 | | pilot, flying a Grumman Hellcat off the USS Yorktown, VF88 over | 11 | | Japan; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Herbert Wood worked as an international account | 13 | | manager for AT&T, representing the John Deere Communications | 14 | | Division; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Herbert Wood had a love of flying; he was a member | 16 | | of the Quiet Birdmen and started the Quad Cities Air Show with | 17 | | Dwayne Evans in the 1960s; he was an avid hunter, competitive | 18 | | skeet shooter, field trail participant, and pool shark; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Community service involvement was important to | 20 | | Herb Wood; he served with the Lions Club, the Oak Grove | 21 | | Community Center, the Arrowhead Ranch, and Youth at Risk; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Herbert Wood was preceded in death by his wife, | 2 | | Rose; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Herbert Wood is survived by his children, Melanie | 4 | | Wood, John (Nancy) Wood, and MaryBeth Wood; four grandchildren; | 5 | | six great-grandchildren; and his special friends, Dan Murphy, | 6 | | Doug Carlstrom, and Anita Evans; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Herbert Wood, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 10 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Herbert Wood as an expression of our | 13 | | deepest sympathy.
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